A new study is gathering extensive data about people with bipolar disorder to improve diagnosis and treatment of this mental health condition that affects 40 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
UCLA Health is among six inaugural sites of the BD2 Integrated Network, which aims to enroll 4,000 participants for the study. Researchers intend to collect health metrics, brain scans, self-reported symptoms and data on movement and sleep from wearable trackers, over time, in what's known as a longitudinal cohort study.
These episodes can be disruptive and last for weeks to months. During a manic period, a person experiences high energy and a decreased need for sleep. An individual may spend a week feeling restless, speaking rapidly, engaging in more activities than usual and experiencing uncontrollable racing thoughts.
"For some patients who have bipolar disorder, we have to choose medications by trial and error to help them get well and stay well," she says. Dr Kruse added that it often takes multiple different medication trials before patients begin to feel like themselves again. "It's just reflective of the many different directions that we have the potential to go in for this study," Dr. Kruse says. "There's endless opportunity to delve in and to answer some of these questions."
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